Merry Christmas

Yes, I see that I have not gotten my sentiment posted in time. Christmas is officially over on the East coast. (Well, Christmas Day, NOT the season of...)

Today was a bitter sweet day. My daughter had one of her best Christmases ever. She got everything she wanted -- and them some!!! She was so excited this morning. Wish you could have seen her tear through her packages. What a delight it is to see her so happy.

Then we went to my folks' for breakfast and opening of gifts. My Dad looks like....well, pretty pale and weak. He feels no better, but at least he's still here. I have a horrible feeling this was my last Christmas with him. I pray I am wrong. I pray the doctors can do "something". My Mom will be calling doctors first thing tomorrow to get him in to see SOMEBODY. He's just not doing well at all. He needs to be seen. They need to readjust his CRT. They need readjust his meds. They need to do SOMETHING!!!

Christmas Eve Midnight Mass was very nice. The choir's concert was.....well, less than stellar. It actually wasn't very good at all. I don't know what was wrong. Well, my folks weren't there and a soprano was missing. I don't know if their absences had anything to do with it or not, but the music was not up to par.

During the Prayers of the People, my dear friend (Bro), Lee mentioned my Dad's name whilst praying for the sick. He needs all the prayers he can get. It was very sweet of Lee to do that. I greatly appreciated it.

Today has been a very long, busy day full of trepidation. My father-in-law is in the end stages of his life. He's suffered for many years. They can no longer do anything else for him. My own father's health is really poor. Jeez.

But knowing that so many people are lifting us all up in prayer means more than anything. I want everyone who is praying to know that I really appreciate you. I can feel some strength from those prayers.

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and that you have a happy, healthy, prosperous 2008.

Busy, busy times

Wow, what a busy time I've endured these last couple of weeks. Between work, finishing my Biology class, preparing for daughter's birthday party, preparing for the holidays, taking my Dad back to the hospital............

I'm VERY happy to report that I am now officially on vacation for the next two weeks! Yeah. Friday darn near killed me. Had to totally clean out my office (a couple in the church is gifting new carpet for my office!!!) Had to make final preparations for our Christmas Day dinner (which we offer to the community) and make sure all work was done for the next two weeks.

I'm now able to concentrate on time with the family. I am also able to concentrate on cleaning this nasty, nasty house. Haven't had time to really clean for several weeks. Now, is the time to shovel the sh!+ out and make it liveable again! Also hope to have some time for actually baking some cookies!

I'm very, very blessed with friends who "got my back". My dear friends Glenn Moore and Lee Davenport are manning the parish office whilst I'm away for the next couple of weeks.

I'm so exhausted from life, in general right now. I hope that I'm able to just "be" and enjoy. That's my plan, anyway.

If any of you reading my blog are so inclined, I'd love prayers for my Dad and my father-in-law. They are both in poor health. My Dad had to be taken back to the emergency room on Friday. Fortunately they readjusted his new pacemaker and we are hoping that will help him feel better. As for my father-in-law, he has been in a nursing home for years. He's suffered from throat cancer for years. He's had numerous surgeries, etc. He hasn't been able to eat for well over a year. He is fed through a feeding tube. He is now in ICU because of a staff infection. He also aspirated some food into his lungs yesterday. He easily chokes on his own saliva because he is unable to swollow. Long story short, this could finally be his end days. Please pray that when God says it's time for him to go, he go peacefully.

Well, time to get busy with all the cleaning.

If I don't get back in here to blog before Santa arrives, I hope all of you have a blessed Christmas.

Whew!

Wow! What a week. Busy, busy, busy at work. Anybody who works at a church around Christmas time KNOWS of what I am speaking. Goodness. On top of all that work, I'm doing extra work in anticipation of my two weeks off after this coming Friday, December 21. First time in 28 years I've taken time off around Christmas.

Then, I am expecting new carpet in my office (wonderful couple at the church are donating it). So....I have to pack up and clean my office out as well, before I leave on Friday.

Then there was the final for my Biology lecture, which I took on Thursday. Believe it or not, I was so stressed out over this class. It was very, very hard. But, it looks like I have an A!!! Then there was the planning and implementation of daughter's birthday party at a roller skating rink this past Saturday.

Today was killer. Had duty as a Lector and Lay Eucharistic Minister at 10:30, followed by a meeting which didn't end until nearly 1 p.m. Rushed home to eat lunch and then off to daughter's piano recital at 2. Then back home to prepare a dish to take to the acolyte party at church. So, 4:15 rolls around and it's back to the church to bake hundreds of cookies and sign hundreds of cards for some sailors aboard a small ship somewhere in the Middle East. I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. I just felt compelled to blog because I've been so lax about it.

I don't even have my Christmas cards done yet. That will be tomorrow evening's chore. I've made my mailing labels and return address labels.

Lord, there is sooooo much to be done this week at work, I pray I can keep my sanity in order to get it done.

Oh, yeah.....did I mention I'm the home room mom to my daughter's fifth grade class? I had a cohome room mom, but she transferred her child to another class. Now I'm doing it solo. So......after baking and cleaning and signing and.....at the church, I had to come home to make phone calls to line up all the "stuff" for the Christmas party for daughter's class this week. Oh, yeah, and then there's the trip to the doctor's office on Wednesday. Geez......I may never get everything done this week. Thank God for my good friend Lee. He's a gem. He helps out at the office. I may need to call in some reinforcements. We have LOTS to get done.

Well, I really am pooped so I'm gonna call it a night.

Here's hoping that anybody who rambles by here has a great week.

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